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What does missa mean?

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Noun
  1. (music) a mass, in the sense of a composition setting several sung parts of the liturgical service (most often chosen from the ordinary parts Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Agnus Dei and/or Sanctus) to music, notably when the text in Latin is used (as long universally prescribed by Rome)
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As with the old Missa Brevis, so too nowadays it's not strictly necessary to set the Credo to fresh music.
The term missa has come to imply a 'mission', because at the end of the Mass the congregation are sent out to serve Christ.
Each day is a festival unto them, who diligently heed the claustral proverb, De missa ad mensam.
For the Mass the rule is that there are six lights at High Mass, four at a missa cantata, and two at private masses.
The Missa Choralis was written by Franz Liszt in 1865 while he was in Rome.
The concert includes Mozart's Requiem, Missa Brevis, operatic arias and music for the Christmas season.

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